Muhammad bin Tughluq

Muhammad bin Tughluq (1297-20 March 1351) was the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from 1325 to 1351, succeeding Ghiyasuddin Tughluq and preceding Firoz Shah Tughluq.

Biography
Muhammad bin Tughluq was born in Multan, Delhi Sultanate in 1297, the son of Ghiyasuddin Tughluq. His father sent the young Muhammad to the Deccan to campaign against King Prataparudra of the Kakatiya dynasty of Waranagal during the 1320s, and Muhammad ascended to the Delhi throne upon his father's death in 1325. Muhammad was interested in medicine and became skilled in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Sanskrit. He oversaw the brutal suppression of 22 rebellions and the expansion of the Tughlaq dynasty to its largest territorial extent, and he also moved the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad. He died in 1351 on his way to Thatta, Sindh in order to intervene in a war between tribes of Gurjars.